Android Karenina (70 page)

8. The ending of the book is, for both Vronsky and the Shcherbatskys, more of a new beginning. Should they be hopeful, despairing, or—given the malleability of space-time—a little bit of everything?

9. Are you really a human being, or are you a super-intelligent cybernetic organism created by scientists in a laboratory, and programmed to believe that you are, in fact, human?

10. Are you sure?

Thanks (again) to all the Quirklings for their hard work—especially Jason Rekulak and Stephen Segal, the steamiest and punkiest editors around, and Doogie Horner, Eugene Smith, and Lars Leetaru, who made such a beautiful object. Thanks also to Ann and Steve Simon; to Marina Konstanian and Ekaterina Sedia for Russian language insights; and to my agent, the amazing Molly Lyons.

Happy families are all alike, but mine is the best.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
Android Karenina

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Number: 2010924948
eISBN: 978-1-59474-483-9

Designed by Doogie Horner
Cover illustration by Lars Leetaru
Cover art research courtesy the Bridgeman Art Library International Ltd.
Interior illustrations by Eugene Smith
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